Tales of Arise adds new difficulty settings with free update

Tales of Arise players will notice two new difficulty settings when they boot up the JRPG today. Both were introduced in a free update nearly one month after the game was released. One is for veteran JRPG players, while the other is for those who just want to enjoy the story.

The Unknown difficulty is the most challenging option for players. Fans have said it should only be selected during NG+ or for anyone who truly understands the game mechanics and battle strategies. Whereas Very Easy is a step above the Story difficulty mode and is for casual players who are in it for the lore and character development.

The new difficulties add seven total options for Tales of Arise. They join Story, Normal, Moderate, Hard, and Chaos mode. You can change difficulty settings in the options menu.

Along with the free update, the new SOA collaboration pack was released as well. The paid update includes new weapons, a mystic art for Alphen, and a crossover with Sword Art Online which includes new outfits inspired by Kirito and Asuna for Shionne, Alphen, and Law.

The game has done quite well as developer Bandai Namco announced the latest entry sold around one million copies worldwide across digital and physical versions.

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Scott Roepel

Scott Roepel, also goes by Dorian, is a writer, journalist, and co-author of the fantasy book series Thread of Souls. Ever since he could pick up a controller, he's been playing games. His passion for storytelling led to him starting a homebrew TTRPG campaign that he now co-authors as a book series with his wife. A lover of stories and fantasy, if he isn't playing a video game, he's writing about one or creating his own world.

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